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| Message 3373 |
| Denis Mosko to All |
| Today we gonna examine some English prov |
| 24 Oct 20 05:18:58 |
REPLY: 1:153/716.0 f90fb941 MSGID: 2:5064/54.1315 5f938fab CHRS: CP866 2 TZUTC: 0300 TID: hpt/w32-mgw 1.4.0-sta 30-03-12 Today we gonna examine some English proverbs and their Russian equivalents. Some of them are obvious, some are quite unexpected. Hope you will learn something new! 1. It's better to be safe than sorry Literally: ... Russian equivalent: ... 2. Still waters run deep 3. Don't put all your eggs in one basket 4. Don't bite the hand that feeds you 5. Beggars can't be choosers 6. Ignorance is bliss 7. A picture is worth a thousand words Here are some unique English proverbs that don't have a Russian equivalent: - Suffering for a friend doubleth friendship - A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men - It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness Try to remember some of the proverbs and use them on our meetings! #around_Great_Britain --- GoldED+/W32-MINGW 1.1.5-b20120519 (Kubik 3.0) * Origin: В начале было слово. В конце будет ориджин. (2:5064/54.1315) SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 16/0 19/10 50/109 90/1 120/340 123/130 131 203/0 SEEN-BY: 221/0 1 6 360 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 275 424 426 664 SEEN-BY: 229/1016 240/1120 2100 5138 5411 5832 5853 249/206 317 250/25 SEEN-BY: 261/38 280/5003 317/3 320/119 219 319 322/0 757 335/364 342/200 SEEN-BY: 423/81 450/1024 463/68 467/888 640/1384 2454/119 4500/1 5000/111 SEEN-BY: 5001/100 5005/49 5015/42 46 5019/40 5020/830 846 1042 2140 SEEN-BY: 5020/4441 5053/51 5054/8 5064/41 54 56 5075/128 5080/68 102 SEEN-BY: 5083/1 444 PATH: 5064/54 5020/1042 221/6 1 320/219 240/5832 229/426 |
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